An exploration in poetry

This course is a four week exploration in poetry and introduction to three poetry forms.

  1. The Haiku
  2. Shadorma and French Pantoum
  3. Free form

During this introductory course you will be invited to share your exploration of poetry, poets, creative expression and community.

Each week’s theme will invite you to spend time with a poetic topic or form then have the opportunity to share your poetic expression with others.

Poetry is white
it comes dripping out of the water
it gets wrinkled and piles up
We have to stretch out the skin of this planet
We have to iron the sea in its whiteness
The hands go on and on
and so things are made
the hands make the world every day
fire unites with steel
linen, canvas and calico come back
from combat in the laundry
and from the light a dove is born
purity comes back from the soap suds.

–Pablo Neruda